2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay, Cote de Beaune, France Jacques-Frederic Mugnier and sake lees on the

and sake lees on the nose

Malolactic fermentation completes in wood

harvested by hand and fermented with native yeasts in a mix of used oak and acacia barrels

Limited release of 3146 bottles

Planted in 2009

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay, Cote de Beaune, France Jacques-Frederic Mugnier and sake lees on thePinot Noir from multiple estate parcels across Volnay on shallow, stony limestoneclay; the domaine farms biodynamically and harvests by hand. Fruit is rigorously sorted with a measured share of whole clusters when perfectly ripe, then fermented with indigenous yeasts in open vats with gentle extraction. levage runs 1215 months in older 228 L pices (no new oak), with minimal racking; SO is modest and added after malolactic. Bottling is done without